. Maryland geological survey . Fig. i.—vtew showing calvert cuffs on Chesapeake Fig. 2.—view showing valley truncated by wave erosion, il/2 miles south of point OF ROCKS, CALVERT COUNTY. MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 129 rents of the Talbot sea rapidly built bars and beaches which ponded thewaters behind and transformed them from brackish-water estuaries tofresh-water lagoons. These lagoons were gradually changed into marchesand meadows by the deposition of detritus brought in from the surround-ing region and on this new land surface various kinds of vegetation tookup their abode (Fig. 7).
. Maryland geological survey . Fig. i.—vtew showing calvert cuffs on Chesapeake Fig. 2.—view showing valley truncated by wave erosion, il/2 miles south of point OF ROCKS, CALVERT COUNTY. MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 129 rents of the Talbot sea rapidly built bars and beaches which ponded thewaters behind and transformed them from brackish-water estuaries tofresh-water lagoons. These lagoons were gradually changed into marchesand meadows by the deposition of detritus brought in from the surround-ing region and on this new land surface various kinds of vegetation tookup their abode (Fig. 7). At first the beach sands advanced in the lagoon
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